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Oracle Secure Global Desktop Platform Support and Release Notes for Version 4.6

Document Information

Preface

1.  New Features and Changes

New Features in Version 4.60

Automatic Recovery After Array Failover

Dynamic Launch

Active Directory and LDAP Enhancements

Dynamic Drive Mapping

Windows Client Drive Mapping

New Attributes for Configuring Windows Applications

New Attributes for Application Load Balancing

32-Bit Color Support for Windows Applications

Allow SSH Downgrade Attribute

New Features in Version 4.50

Introducing the SGD Gateway

Installing the SGD Gateway

Architecture of the SGD Gateway

Commands for the SGD Gateway

Application-Level Device Configuration

Array Failover

Seamless Windows Local Window Hierarchy

German Language Support

Support for Novell eDirectory

New Features in Version 4.41

New Command for Securing an SGD Server

Pull-Down Header for Kiosk Mode Applications

Service Tag Support

Active Directory Authentication Log Filter

Active Directory SSL Security Without Client Certificates

Changes in Version 4.60

Improved Clock Synchronization Reporting for Arrays

Citrix ICA Protocol Not Available for Windows Applications

Application Start Time Shown on the Webtop

User Session Idle Timeout Attribute

Web Page Security Improvements

Support for Arabic and Hebrew Keyboards

Input Method for UNIX Platform Applications

UNIX Audio and SGD Enhancement Module Version

DNS Name Warning Message

Changes to Syslog Message Format

New Default PDF Printer Driver for Windows Applications

Changes to tarantella start and tarantella stop Commands

New Name for SGD Terminal Services Client

Secure SOAP Connections No Longer Required

Changes in Version 4.50

Option to Resume Printing from My Desktop

Changes to the tarantella security enable Command

Web Services Changes

Kiosk Mode Escape Attribute

Support for Evince Document Viewer

New -remoteaudio Option For SGD Terminal Services Client

Administration Console Configuration Parameter for DNS Lookups

Changes in Version 4.41

SGD Server Command-Line Changes

My Desktop Link

Changes to tarantella security start and tarantella security stop Commands

Changes to tarantella status Command

Enabling Secure Intra-Array Communication

Replacing an SGD Server Certificate

Performance Improvements for tarantella array Commands

2.  System Requirements and Support

3.  Known Issues, Bug Fixes, and Documentation Issues

Changes in Version 4.41

This section describes the changes since the SGD version 4.40 release.

This section includes the following topics:

SGD Server Command-Line Changes

The commands used to control the SGD server and the SGD web server have been changed.

The following commands for stopping, starting, and restarting the SGD web server have been deprecated:

These commands are now implemented as subcommands for the tarantella start, tarantella stop, and tarantella restart commands.

In previous releases, the tarantella start, tarantella stop, and tarantella restart commands controlled the SGD server. By default, these commands now control the SGD server and the SGD web server.

New subcommands to the tarantella start, tarantella stop, and tarantella restart commands enable you to choose to start, stop, or restart either the SGD server or one or more components of the SGD web server.

The following table summarises the main command-line changes.

Command in Version 4.40
Command in Version 4.41
tarantella webserver start
tarantella start webserver
tarantella webserver stop
tarantella stop webserver
tarantella webserver restart
tarantella restart webserver
tarantella start
tarantella start sgd
tarantella stop
tarantella stop sgd
tarantella restart
tarantella restart sgd

See the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide for more detailed information about the revised commands.

My Desktop Link

The SGD web server Welcome page now includes a My Desktop link. The SGD web server Welcome page is at http://server.example.com, where server.example.com is the name of an SGD server.

The My Desktop link enables users to log in and display a full-screen desktop, without displaying a webtop. See the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide for more details.

Using the My Desktop link is an alternative to specifying the My Desktop URL. The My Desktop URL is http://server.example.com/sgd/mydesktop.

Changes to tarantella security start and tarantella security stop Commands

The --array and --server options have been deprecated for the tarantella security start and tarantella security stop commands.

This means that the tarantella security start and tarantella security stop commands can only be used to configure security for the SGD server where the command is run.

Changes to tarantella status Command

If there are problems with the array, the tarantella status command now returns more detailed information about the array configuration. This information can be used to diagnose and fix array problems.

Enabling Secure Intra-Array Communication

In previous releases, enabling secure intra-array communication for an array was done by running a tarantella array join command on the secondary SGD server joining the array.

In the SGD 4.41 release, if you are using secure intra-array communication, the tarantella array join command must be run from the primary SGD server in the array.

Replacing an SGD Server Certificate

In the SGD 4.41 release, you can generate a new certificate signing request (CSR) without affecting your current SGD server certificate.

This enables you to replace an SGD server certificate, for example because the original certificate is about to expire.

When you use the tarantella security certrequest command to generate a CSR, the private key is now stored in the /opt/tarantella/var/tsp/key.pending.pem file.

Performance Improvements for tarantella array Commands

The performance of the tarantella array commands has been improved. Configuring arrays of SGD servers is now a quicker process, compared to previous releases.